Taylorsville, UT Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Taylorsville's Land Development Code treats an accessory dwelling unit's carbon monoxide protection as a building-permit condition, not an afterthought. Section 13.11.010(B) sets ADU construction standards that must be met, at a minimum, before the unit can receive the business license required for occupancy, and item 11(h) requires interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, citing International Residential Code §§ 314.2.2 and 315.2.2 for the underlying interconnection and placement standards. That sits alongside other permit-triggering conditions in the same list: separate living facilities with permanent provisions for cooking and bathing (IRC 202), a minimum 32-inch side-hinged entry door that bypasses the garage (IRC 311), half-inch gypsum fire separation between the ADU and the primary dwelling (IRC 302.3), independent access to plumbing, HVAC, and electrical controls (IRC 1305.1 and 2005.2.1), a licensed HVAC professional's written adequacy statement, separated electrical branch circuits, and code-compliant emergency escape openings in sleeping rooms (IRC 310.1).

The same carbon monoxide and smoke detector requirement is repeated for licensed rental ADUs under § 5.76.130(B)(11)(h), since a rental ADU business license also requires proof the unit meets current building codes. An ADU is limited to detached single-family lots of 6,000 square feet or more, one per lot, and the property owner must occupy either the primary dwelling or the ADU, documented with two forms of proof at application.